Historically, healthcare when compared with aviation has a relatively poor record of learning from failure. There is a stigma associated with failure in part out of fear of the legal repercussions and a damage to the reputations of hospitals and individuals. Understanding the reasons for failure is often avoided and …

This week's one-page emerging technologies summary document is on Event Streaming Platforms.

This week's one-page emerging technologies summary document is on the Internet of Things (IoT).

This week's one-page emerging technologies summary document is on Blockchain.

Most organisations do not understand what good strategy is or are unwilling to make difficult decisions to implement it. Good strategy is so rare that it’s often not anticipated by the competition. A good strategy can therefore often lead to better than anticipated results.

Good strategy is based on …

In this article we introduce two new terms, Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) and relate them back to what we covered in the last article about Artificial Intelligence (AI).

As we learned in the last article: AI is the “study of Intelligent Agents: any device that perceives its …

I recently read the book, IoT Inc: How Your Company Can Use the Internet of Things to Win in the Outcome Economy by Bruce Sinclair. One of the early chapters in the book looks at business modelling. Sinclair writes about the five types of business models, starting with the “Product …

This week China's Xinhua agency introduced a new member to its news team. What's unusual about this presenter is that it's not actually a real person - it's a combination of a computer generated image and AI. The AI news presenter's appearance and voice are based on an existing member of …

Over the years, I’ve been part of the design/architecture process for countless technology engagements. Sometimes as the lead architect, sometimes as a reviewer and sometimes in the early discovery phase. Something that still surprises me is how frequently non-functional requirements are not given enough consideration. Ensuring that both …